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All Yellow
All Yellow
Jacques123


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Yellow IV (Basic Editing)
Camera: Sony DSLR-A100
Lens: Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED Zoom Lens for Sony Alpha
Location: Kathu, South Africa, Indoors
Date: Jan 13, 2008
Aperture: F20
ISO: 100
Shutter: 2s
Date Uploaded: Jan 13, 2008

 All Yellow

A photo of a cacti dahlia. Image taken from above. The flower was placed about 25 cm above the yellow background. The flower was supported using a piece of wire. Light from the top of the image, reflected from the bottom plus light from above.

Camera settings:

2s,
F20,
Ex. Correction +0.0Ev
ISO 100

Using Photoshop CS2 Camera Raw:

Adjusted the .ARW file under the following tabs:

Adjust:

Temprature 8800F
Tint +40
Exposure +1.00
Shadows 60
Brightness 59
Contrast +75
Saturation 0

Detail:

Sharpness 90
Luminance Smoothing 0
Color Noise Reduction 25

Lens:

No adjustments

Curve:

Tone Curve

Input; Output values:

18;32
63;51
150;102
192;200

Calibrate:

Shadow Tint -45
Red Hue -13
Red Saturation -50
Green Hue -40
Green Saturation +15
Blue Hue +6
Blue Saturation +33

Opened in Photoshop CS 2

Cropped
Cloned out dust specs
Smart Sharpen, 3.5px radius, remove lens blur
Canvas resized by 100px, very dark green #123508
Resize to 640 * 451
Saved for web, 96% quality, 146Kb

Statistics
Place: 99 out of 273
Avg (all users): 5.4259
Avg (commenters): 6.2857
Avg (participants): 5.5238
Avg (non-participants): 5.3799
Views since voting: 672
Views during voting: 366
Votes: 263
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/20/2008 01:16:36 PM
This is a really cool effect. I love the way the shadows look.
 01/18/2008 05:49:35 AM
too much yellow kills the yellow! quite original though 5
 01/17/2008 02:15:10 AM
Lovely
 01/16/2008 04:39:19 PM
Daring. I like it. A seven for you.
 01/16/2008 03:37:06 AM
Great yellow shot!
 01/16/2008 02:48:36 AM
I think it's a bit overdone. The yellow flower does not come out, because it´s all yellow. Technically well done though.
 01/15/2008 07:26:42 PM
looks very artificial


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